Concerningly, web developers and photographers were the only roles where males and females earned equal pay. The sectors with the biggest gender pay gap were engineering (53%), construction (52%), and management and consulting (40%). The jobs with the biggest gaps were commercial sales representative (54%), data analyst (53%) and project engineer (48%).

The news follows a report from last year that suggested that women over 40 won’t see the gender pay gap close in their working lifetime. According to the Fawcett Society, at the current rate of change, the gap won’t close until 2051. That’s 27 years from now. It means that women born before 1983 won’t see the gender pay gap close in their working lifetime and before they reach state pension age.

Women in the UK are earning 35% less than men in 2024, says new research